The Telegraph: Burma/Myanmar news: Nuclear watchdog asks Burma to open up suspect sites
Burma has reportedly been asked to open up for a visit by the UN's nuclear watchdog, following concerns that the ruling junta may be trying to build a nuclear weapon.
Speculation about Burma's nuclear intentions has grown since 2002 and were backed by photographs and documents of alleged missile projects and nuclear sites were disclosed by Major Sai Thein Win, a Burmese army defector.
Robert Kelley, a former International Atomic Energy Agency weapons inspector, wrote that an analysis of the materials "leads to only one conclusion: this technology is only for nuclear weapons and not civilian use or nuclear power".
Last September, Tin Win, the Burmese ambassador to the IAEA said: "There have been unfounded allegations reported by the international media during this year that Burma is attempting to development a nuclear program. Burma will never engage in activities related to the production and proliferation of nuclear weapons."
The country's Foreign ministry has also denounced reports about the country's alleged nuclear programme, and its rumoured co-operation with North Korea, as "groundless accusations" Burma is a signatory to the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty and has told the IAEA that it has little or no nuclear material in the country.
According to the treaty, Burma should give the IAEA six months notice before operating a nuclear facility, according to a spokesman
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